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Title: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Johnny Robbo on August 29, 2016, 03:59:38 AM
I'm loving this new acoustic & the new avenues it's opening up for me. Last night, I was having a few whiskys & this little fingerpicked thing started falling out of my fingers as I was noodling around. I sat down this morning with the guitar & my Samson Go-Mic and recorded the chord sequence into Audacity, literally just making it up as I went... I had the basic verse section mapped out from my whisky fueled noodling last night. But the "chorus" & "middle 8" sections were done on the fly. I then improvised a melody with the slide.

There's a few places where the tempo gets a bit "elastic" but on the whole, I'm happy with it :)

Cheers for listening :)
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: thetworegs on August 29, 2016, 07:06:16 AM
It works a treat to my ear John..."gooo on Git another wee dram down yoo it seem ta wuk fur ya a treet" says the the devil on your right shoulder you can always record it in the morning
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Groundy on August 29, 2016, 11:06:44 AM
Sounds so good John, as Trev said get a few more down ye tonight,
well done pal.......I cant believe the sound from these guitars, the tone that is, the playings down to you..lol

Alex
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: fenderbender on August 29, 2016, 03:33:25 PM
John this is great -great tones and of course great playing from a master
congrats my friend


Tommy
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Mike_S on August 29, 2016, 03:48:14 PM
That is super Johnny... this is where it is at.

Real raw blues, going back to where it all began. You got a great little tune here and that guitar sounds great. A great title too!!

Mike
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: bruno on August 30, 2016, 10:50:26 AM
Straight out of the delta - I expected Robert Johnson to join in at any minute. Super blues goodness, marvellous.
B
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Hook on August 30, 2016, 11:45:44 AM
Really enjoyed this alot, might revisit later with some lyrics...I I can ever finish the project that currently overwhelms me. Great playing here, that guitar sound nice in your hands.
Rock on!
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Johnny Robbo on August 30, 2016, 11:50:02 AM
Quote from: Hook on August 30, 2016, 11:45:44 AMReally enjoyed this alot, might revisit later with some lyrics...

That would be fun! Let me know if you want the version without the lead part  :)
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Hook on August 30, 2016, 11:51:23 AM
No thanks , I'll sing with the lead.

Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Mike_S on August 30, 2016, 02:16:33 PM
Ah... you beat me to it Hook...

Would it be ok to have a couple of versions of this... I was thinking to mess around with it two (a great song I think!).

Mike
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Hook on August 30, 2016, 02:56:38 PM
Oh yea brother, Do it!!!
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Mike_S on August 30, 2016, 03:32:54 PM
Nice one Hook  ;) Will be cool to hear 2 different takes!
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Farrell Jackson on August 30, 2016, 03:43:51 PM
Delta Blues with Johnny Do-Robbro!  Your acoustic slide melody, tone and style has a real dobro sound to it. It's great that you've been smitten with your new acoustic and it sounds excellent. This is real nice, it's the kind of music I search out when I'm in the mood for some acoustic blues.

Farrell
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: Kenneth on August 30, 2016, 04:46:53 PM
Wow!
It's hard to believe you didn't have an acoustic for a long time, when a genius like you needs one!
So good, I love your creations John.
Title: Great playing
Post by: leighelse on September 01, 2016, 08:06:31 PM
This lays me back and relaxes me in the way that good acoustic blues should. Well written, well played. I especially like the sequence of chords in the bridge: it's not a typically blues sequence, but it fits perfectly. Great ending too.
Title: Re: The Whisky Made Me Do It (a bit of acoustic blues)
Post by: cuthbert on September 01, 2016, 08:19:19 PM
Great acoustic blues - you're new geetar sounds terrific!